Housing Trends: Hot Summer, Hot Markets
A Third of Homes Sold for the List Price or More in August 2016 A greater share of homes are selling at or above their listing price as healthy housing demand continues to meet a tight inventory of homes for sale. Figure 1 shows the share of homes nationally that sold at a price above, […]
Natural Hazard Risk: In Flood Risk Modeling, Resolution Matters
Even When You Think It Shouldn’t We have all seen the dramatic pictures of destruction and loss after a devastating flood event. Usually, the scene is depicted as a sea of water inundating broad areas of a geographic region, impacting communities and homes. However, what we usually don’t understand from these images is the significant […]
Natural Hazard Risk: In Flood Risk Modeling, Resolution Matters
Even When You Think It Shouldn’t We have all seen the dramatic pictures of destruction and loss after a devastating flood event. Usually, the scene is depicted as a sea of water inundating broad areas of a geographic region, impacting communities and homes. However, what we usually don’t understand from these images is the significant […]
Mortgage Performance: Foreclosure Report Highlights September 2016
Distressed Homes Inventory Drops 31 Percent Year Over Year The foreclosure inventory was 78.3 percent below the January 2011 peak in September 2016. The inventory of mortgages in serious delinquency fell 24.8 percent year over year in September 2016. All states except North Dakota and Wyoming had a year-over-year decrease in the serious delinquency rate. […]
How AI will take over election predictions — and home valuations
Who will win the presidential election tomorrow? Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only transforming how we predict elections, but it is also dramatically transforming how you’ll price houses in the future …
Podcast: How to make $1 million in commission from your sphere of influence
Would you like to make $1 million in real estate commission by maximizing your sphere of influence (SOI)? When it comes to making money in real estate with your sphere of influence, it’s about mindshare. In other words, you must stay top-of-mind and front and center with the people in your …
After hearing Diana Nyad, the impossible will seem possible
Are you striving toward what seems like an impossible goal? From a very young age Diana Nyad’s dream was to swim from Cuba to Florida, something no human had ever done. And, quite frankly, something that even the idea of doing would terrify the majority of human beings …
How a no-slack November can ensure a successful 2017
Don’t pump the brakes in November. In the brokerages I’ve worked in, every year around this time managers deliver one valuable piece of advice to their agents: don’t take the last two months of the year off …
How to design and grow a pipeline from rental leads
Rental leads are something that agents normally like to pass on, but they are a great opportunity to build relationships with consumers that could be lifelong clients for your real estate business. This is also a great place for new agents to begin building a pipeline. …
What agents should know about the high stakes in high-profile sales
Gary Gold and Mauricio Umansky talk about transacting the deal of the year — the Playboy Mansion …
